A Pet for the Dragons

27.

RADROX

I clenched my teeth as I glared at Ivret holding the female in the bathtub. He was unaware of my presence in his wing, watching the two.

I fought the urge to barge in and steal the female from him. It got more challenging for me to fight the urge because the scent of the female was strong in the air. It was sweet and made my mouth water, but it enraged me as soon as it blended in with Ivret's nasty smell. He ruined it for me.

I wanted to watch the female and learn everything about her, but her being with Ivret made me want to punch a hole in the wall.

Ivret was a total scaggermosh because he seemed to put all his trust in the female. She was using him, and he didn't seem to see it clearly. Looking at the female, I understood why Ivret was obsessed with her, but at the end of the day, the female was a human, and you could never trust their kind.

They were capable of the worst betrayal known to any kind. Humans were the most treacherous creatures of us all. In the ancient wars, they stayed alive by betraying their allies and turning us supernatural creatures against each other.

Yet... Ivret was with a human in the bathtub. The human that... unfortunately, I, too, wanted, but I was still able to distinguish my rational thoughts from my titillating ones. That human female had something about herself that I found irresistible, and I could tell by looking at the two in the bathtub that Ivret found her irresistible as well. She seemed to be aware of it and exploited this without his knowledge.

However, I was more familiar with this kind of situation because I only got female attention when they needed something from me. I was familiar with how they used their charms. And since I was not only a red dragon but a scared one, too, they had to try extra hard with me and often, that made their act more apparent. However, Arika didn't seem to be trying extra hard with Ivret... maybe she didn't need it.

I wasn't shocked that human females seemed to work and think the same way as their dragon counterparts.

It seemed like the females were the same regardless of the species. They knew how to use their wiles to get whatever they wanted from men, and Arika did the same with Ivret. It made me angry at her, but...... no matter what, I hungered for her. I couldn't deny this to myself.

Her vibrant blue eyes were going to haunt me till my next life. I needed to have her. No. I needed to possess her. If I were Ivret, I'd have her chained and never let her get out of my sight because humans couldn't be trusted... and also because I'd always want her beside me so I could look at the most exquisite thing I possessed. She'd be the greatest thing in my hoard.

However, Arika wasn't only a human but a female—double trouble.

But first, I needed to knock some sense into Ivret and remind him she was mine as much as she was his. He'd had his fun with her, but soon it'd be my turn, but I wasn't going to make it so easy for her.

No.

First, I'd ask her about the computers. I needed the computers to fulfil my long-term vision of extending our territory to the south. I wanted the Cardinal House to regret rejecting me. Just because I was a red dragon and not having a Silge level in my power class didn't mean I was incompetent. I was still a level lower than Silge. I was a Marl-level Firebreather. I spent countless years on my craft and would ensure that they saw and acknowledged it.

I clenched my teeth. I needed to think it through. I couldn't let my jealousy and hunger for that female ruin all my preparation this far. I needed the computers, but I needed that female even more. That meant I needed to work around the situation and keep Ivret in check. It was a good thing that Zorge was on patrolling duty.

The last thing I wanted to do right now was fight my brother over a female. I'd estimated that Zorge would try to get closer to the female faster, but I'd been wrong. Ivret seemed to be getting too close to the female too quickly, and I didn't like that, but I stuck through.

After the two bathed, Ivret dried and combed her hair and gave her one of his thick white bear fur cloaks to wear. I knew he was trying to gain the favour of the female by doing that, but he'd soon realise that all these things wouldn't matter.

She'd be ours whether she liked it or not. There would be no need to woo her. It annoyed me to see Ivret fawning over her. When she was dressed, they argued about where she would sleep for the night.

Ivret wanted her to sleep in his bedroom, but the female pressed for the guard's room reserved for her in the Western tower. I wondered why she was demanding such a thing when she could have Ivret's more comfortable room, but at the same time, I was secretly glad that she wouldn't be sleeping in Ivret's bed. That would have crossed the line for me.

Ultimately, Ivret agreed begrudgingly and took her there before cushioning the cot with more expensive furs.

Ivret was already doing too much for her, and I hated him. But I almost lost it when the female brushed her lips against his before Ivret could leave.

I didn't know what that action was supposed to do, but I quickly understood that it was a human custom that they practised with their lovers. It fuelled the jealousy in me. I wanted to drag Ivret out of the tower and beat him to a pulp, but I somehow maintained my calm.

I couldn't let my anger ruin my plans. So I lingered in the darkness and waited for Ivret to leave; he didn't want to leave at first. This annoyed me even more, but after a while, Ivret left. He was grumpy but deep in his thoughts to notice me.

I waited for him to go to his study to ensure he wouldn't interrupt me while I was with Arika, extracting everything about the computers from her and claiming her afterwards.

It was my turn to claim her, and I wouldn't let this opportunity go.

When the way was clear, I stepped out of the shadows and went straight to the guard's room. The door was closed from the inside, but I had no problem unlocking it. I knew a few easy unlocking charms.

I opened the door as silently as possible and walked into the room. I saw the female lying on the cot, facing the wall. She seemed asleep at first, but I knew better than to trust blindly. I stood beside her cot for a few seconds, watching her.

After a few moments, she finally turned my way and glared hard. I knew she'd been awake.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" She hissed, and I flashed my teeth to her.

"It's now my turn with you, Arika," I told her darkly. 

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Lol, Radrox is going to be the biggest trouble in the book. But do you think Arika would get along with him easily? Both of them seem to have almost the same kind of rough personality.

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